7 - ] Model SAT Tests - Test Seven

7 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Seven

Select the best answer to each of the following questions ; then blacken the appropriate space on your answer sheet .

1 . Although he is ----------about the problems that still confront blacks in ballet , Mitchell nevertheless is optimistic about the future , especially that of his own dance company .

(A) hopeful (B) uninformed (C) abstract (D) realistic  (E) unconcerned

2 . Despite all its --------, a term of enlistment in the Peace Corps can be both stirring and satisfying to a college graduate still undecided on a career .

(A) rewards (B) renown  (C) adventures (D) romance (E) frustrations

3 . Although he had numerous films to his credit and a reputation for technical ----------, the moviemaker lacked originality ; all his films were sadly ----------of  the work of others .

(A) skill ---- independent

(B)  ability --- unconscious

(C) expertise --- derivative

(D) competence --- contradictory

(E) blunders --- enamored

4 . John Gielgud crowned a distinguished career of playing . Shakespearean roles by giving a performance that was -------------

(A) mediocre (B) outmoded (C) superficial (D) unsurpassable (E) insipid

5. Those interested in learning more about how genetics applies to trees will have to ---the excellent technical journals where most of the pertinent material is --------

(A) subscribe to --- ignored

(B) suffer through --- located

(C) rely on --- unrepresented

(D) resort to --- found

(E) see through --- published

6 . Rent control restrictions on small apartment owners may unfortunately ---- rather than alleviate housing problems .

(A) resolve (B) diminish  (C) castigate  (D)  minimize (E) exacerbate

7 . In the light of Dickens’s description of the lively , even ---- dance parties of his time . Sharp’s approach to country dancing may seem too formal , suggesting more ------ than is necessary .

(A) sophisticated --- expertise

(B)  rowdy --- decorum

(C) prudish --- propriety

(D) lewd ---- rivalry

(E)enjoyable --- vitality

8 . It is said that the custom of shaking hands originated when primitive men held out empty hands to indicate that they had no ------ weapons and were thus ------ disposed .

(A) lethal ---- clearly

(B) concealed ------ amicably

(C) hidden --- harmfully

(D) murderous --- ill

(E) secret --- finally

9 . The biochemistry instructor urged that we take particular care of the ---- chemicals to prevent their evaporation .

(A)  insoluble (B) superficial (C) extraneous (D) volatile (E) insipid

10 . The heretofore peaceful natives , seeking ---- the treachery of their supposed allies , became , ----- according to their perspective , embittered and vindictive

(A) acquiescence in -----understandably

(B) magnanimity towards  ------logically

(C) evidence of --- impartially

(D)  retribution for --justifiably

(E) exoneration of ---- ironically

11 . Because our supply of fossil fuel has been sadly --------, we must find ------sources of energy .

(A) stored --- hoarded

(B) compensated ----- significant

(C) exhausted ---inefficient

(D) increased ---- available

(E) depleted ------- alternative

12 . He is much too ----- in the writings : he writes a page when a sentence should suffice.

(A) devious (B) lucid (C) verbose (D) efficient (E) pleasant

13 . In apologizing to the uncredited photographer , the editor said that he ---that this ----- use of copy-righted photographs had taken place .

(A) deplored----- legitimate

(B) conceded ---inevitable

(C) regretted --- unauthorized

(D) admitted ---- warranted

(E) acknowledged ---- appropriate

14 . The herb Chinese parsley is an example of what we mean by an acquired taste : Westerners who originally ----it eventually come to -----its flavor in Oriental foods .

(A) relish ---- enjoy

(B) dislike ----- welcome

(C) savor----- abhor

(D) ignore --- recognize

(E) discern ---- recognize

15 . The abundance and diversity of insects is the ---- cumulative effect of an extraordinarily low ---- rate : bugs endure .

(A) metabolic (B) density (C) extinction (D) percentage (E) standard

16 . Because he was ----in the performance of his duties , his employers could not ----his work .

(A) derelict --- quarrel over

(B) dilatory ---- grumble at

(C) undisciplined --- object to

(D) assiduous ---- complain about

(E) mandatory ---- count on

17. British ----- contemporary art has been an obstacle even for modern artists now revered as great , such as Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud , who were --- for years before winning acceptance .

(A) veneration of ---- eulogized

(B)  indifference to ---- dismissed

(C) disdain for --- lauded

(D) ignorance of ---- studied

(E) intolerance of ---- vindicated

18 . Pre-Spanish art in Mexico is not a ---- art , they are mistaken who see in its bold simplifications or wayward conceptions an inability to ---- technical

(A) formal---- ignore

(B)  graphic --- understand

(C) primitive ---- nurture

(D) crude --- overcome

(E) revolutionary --- instigate

19 . Are we to turn into spineless -------- afraid to take a --------stand , unable to answer a question without pussyfooting ?

(A) disciples ---positive

(B) hedonists ------ compromising

(C) criminals-----defiant

(D) critics ------- constructive

(E) equivocators -----forthright